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didn't take long to clean as they weren't that dirty , found another 30's hobbleskirt from 37 .

but the big find of the day was a complete shocker , knew I had pulled out a coca cola bottle due to its shape but when I realised what coca cola bottle I had found . just about didn't believe my eyes and wanted to dance on the dock but were some boats around so decided not to.

its an aqua blue in colour and has " trade mark registered " and " bottle pat 'd Nov 16 1915 " on front
on back " trade mark registered " and Min contents 6 fl ozs .
has some obvious condition issues , such as damaged to top lip of the bottle and some wear and other marks but very old coca cola bottle for this area
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some better pics of the 1915 patent bottle I found , it has some condition issues but still neat


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Yea!...nice......these are Canada's first hobble skirts...1917-1919..ish, very short lived. Mine is mold #1......dose it have a mold #?...should be on the lower rib in line with 'NOV' on the patent side.
 

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Yea!...nice......these are Canada's first hobble skirts...1917-1919..ish, very short lived. Mine is mold #1......dose it have a mold #?...should be on the lower rib in line with 'NOV' on the patent side.

there is a 6 on the lower bottom area , didn't see any other numbers on it . its got a nice colour to it . most coca cola bottles are clear

not that familiar with the early hobble skirts , how rare is this bottle compared to other coca cola bottles ? I was pretty surprised when I realised what I had just pulled out of the lake .
 

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a pic of it in the window , looks a bit different , has some weird marks in the bottle , wonder if the severe winters caused them ? have found other really old bottles in lakes with same marks before

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That's a fantastic find! It's odd that those always seem to be damaged, but I think it may be because of the poor quality of the glass they used. There's a certain type of generic soda bottle from around the same era, a clear 10oz, which also has those inner cracks and a bunch of chips whenver I see a dug example.
 

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Oh perfect well I marked those 'limited' years on my checklist. I guess the last year for Ltd. embossed is 1961....so that year comes in both, embossed and ACL.... the same may be true for 1948 that it comes in Limited and we know for sure Ltd.
A funny thing today...I was at the swap meet and picked up a embossed Coca-Cola and it happened to be a 1960 Ltd...now in my collection! ..lol
What year did they switch to 6.5 oz with short form 'Coke?... the earliest I have is my '64....so was it '62, '63 or '64?.......strange it took so long to introduce 'Coke' on bottles considering it was first used on six pack cartons in 1941 but I guess they had the bottle molds in use and did not want to pay to re patent the wording on the bottle and make new molds.

You mentioned :I notice that the only ACL bottle which is 6 FL OZS is the one with the 'Coca-Cola' script on both sides. ....well that may true?..... but what's on the '62?...or '63?

So yes the ACL's are all dated on the bottom here is my '61 and '64.... the '64 is marked 6.5oz with 'Coke' on the obverse.

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Oh perfect well I marked those 'limited' years on my checklist. I guess the last year for Ltd. embossed is 1961....so that year comes in both, embossed and ACL.... the same may be true for 1948 that it comes in Limited and we know for sure Ltd.
A funny thing today...I was at the swap meet and picked up a embossed Coca-Cola and it happened to be a 1960 Ltd...now in my collection! ..lol
What year did they switch to 6.5 oz with short form 'Coke?... the earliest I have is my '64....so was it '62, '63 or '64?.......strange it took so long to introduce 'Coke' on bottles considering it was first used on six pack cartons in 1941 but I guess they had the bottle molds in use and did not want to pay to re patent the wording on the bottle and make new molds.

You mentioned :I notice that the only ACL bottle which is 6 FL OZS is the one with the 'Coca-Cola' script on both sides. ....well that may true?..... but what's on the '62?...or '63?

So yes the ACL's are all dated on the bottom here is my '61 and '64.... the '64 is marked 6.5oz with 'Coke' on the obverse.

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would this be the 1962 ???? the last one, coca cola on both side.Bottom right: november-december, diamond glass company #2 , under diamond D #10, 6oz, coca cola ltd
any info on the others???? thanks
 

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Good to chat with you on the other post earlier today Canadacan. I just recently got back into paying attention to my collection and so glad I found this very old post.

I found that I have the following bottles:

a ‘62’ on bottom 6 oz with ‘Coca-Cola’ ACL on both sides
also ‘2’ on bottom 6 oz with ‘Coca-Cola’ ACL on both sides
a ’63’ on bottom 6 ½ oz with the short form ‘Coke’ on one side

So it appears 6 ½ and ‘Coke’ both started in 1963 and I am guessing then that any bottle with a single number of 4,5,6,7,8,9,0 indicates that it is from 1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969, 1970.? Does this sound right? I am also wondering what was the last year of production of these ACLs?Reason I ask is that I have a bottle with ‘3’ on the bottom 6 ½ oz with short form ‘Coke’ on one side. Does that mean it is 1963 or could it be 1973? You mention that you have a 75 but how is the 1975 different from the 1965? I am getting confused. Lol.

You also mention above in this post that your checklist needs a 44 and a 62. I have these and would be willing to part with if you are interested but I am relatively new to posting and don’t know if this is appropriate here.

Anyway, lots here cause the more I look at this the more interesting it becomes, and I am glad that I now have some time for this cause I love Coke and the bottles are so cool!
 

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Good to chat with you on the other post earlier today Canadacan. I just recently got back into paying attention to my collection and so glad I found this very old post.

I found that I have the following bottles:

a ‘62’ on bottom 6 oz with ‘Coca-Cola’ ACL on both sides
also ‘2’ on bottom 6 oz with ‘Coca-Cola’ ACL on both sides
a ’63’ on bottom 6 ½ oz with the short form ‘Coke’ on one side

So it appears 6 ½ and ‘Coke’ both started in 1963 and I am guessing then that any bottle with a single number of 4,5,6,7,8,9,0 indicates that it is from 1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969, 1970.? Does this sound right? I am also wondering what was the last year of production of these ACLs?Reason I ask is that I have a bottle with ‘3’ on the bottom 6 ½ oz with short form ‘Coke’ on one side. Does that mean it is 1963 or could it be 1973? You mention that you have a 75 but how is the 1975 different from the 1965? I am getting confused. Lol.

You also mention above in this post that your checklist needs a 44 and a 62. I have these and would be willing to part with if you are interested but I am relatively new to posting and don’t know if this is appropriate here.

Anyway, lots here cause the more I look at this the more interesting it becomes, and I am glad that I now have some time for this cause I love Coke and the bottles are so cool!
So pictured here are 1964, 1973, 1975...hope this helps! So It is suspected there may be an ACL as late as 1983 marked 200ml, But I'm skeptical that it's 83 and still believe it's 1973.

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